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Cambrian and Ordovician Stratigraphy of Southwestern Wisconsin Field trip: Cambrian and Ordovician stratigraphy of southwestern Wisconsin James J. Zambito IV Patrick I. McLaughlin William G. Batten 2018 Open-File Report 2018-02 Contents: • Report (23 p.) This report represents work performed by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and colleagues and is released to the open files in the interest of making the information readily available. This report has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey standards and nomenclature. UW-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programmng, including Title VI, Title IX, and ADA. Field trip: Cambrian and Ordovician Stratigraphy of Southwestern Wisconsin James J. Zambito IV*, Patrick I. McLaughlin, and William G. Batten Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey University of Wisconsin – Extension 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 *corresponding author: [email protected] Silicified domal stromatolite in the Oneota Formation at Shorewood Hills Quarry, Dane County, Wisconsin. FIELD TRIP: CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN Acknowledgments A draft of this guidebook was originally prepared for the 2015 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting (Field Trip #1), which was held in Madison, Wisconsin. Funding for the fieldwork on which this guidebook is based and for the guidebook’s preparation was provided by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Cooperative Agreements #G13AC00138, #G14AC00142, and #G15AC00161. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government. This guidebook was greatly improved by the critical reviews of Ken Bradbury and Mike Parsen (WGNHS). WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY | OPEN-FILE REPORT 2018-02 2 FIELD TRIP: CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN INTRODUCTION AND GEOLOGIC SETTING This trip highlights Cambrian through Middle Ordovician rocks of southwestern Wisconsin (fig. 1) in both outcrop and core; these include the primary aggregate and industrial sand resources of the region, as well as serve as primary aquifers and aquitards. We discuss facies and corresponding lithology changes related to the Wisconsin Arch as well as dramatic erosional landscapes that formed during the Paleozoic. Participants will have the opportunity to collect Ordovician fossils and observe well-preserved sedimentary fabrics and microbial structures. The Cambrian–Ordovician succession in the Upper Mississippi River Valley has long been used as a North American stratigraphic standard, with many rock unit names from Wisconsin used throughout the upper Midwest (fig. 2). The Cambrian and Ordovician strata of the Upper Mississippi River Valley were deposited between 0 and 30 degrees south paleolatitude (fig. 3). This stratigraphic succession records deposition of the inner detrital (sandstone and shale) and carbonate belts (see Runkel and others, 2017). In southwest and western Wisconsin, accommodation space existed in the Hollandale Embayment, which was bordered on its western side by the Transcontinental Arch and to the east by the Wisconsin Arch, a broad feature separating the Hollandale Embayment from the Michigan Basin (fig. 3). On this trip we will be seeing the transition from nearshore sandstone, to offshore (below storm-wave base) sandstone and shale deposited in a clastic trap, to platform carbonates deposited outboard of the clastic trap (Runkel and others, 2012, and references therein). While the clastic trap existed during the Cambrian, by Ordovician time it was filled and transgressing sea level moved the carbonate depositional belt across Wisconsin. A major Ordovician regression and subsequent transgression, recorded in the high-paleorelief unconformity at the base of the St. Peter sandstone and the deepening upward, non-marine to marine succession of facies observed within the St. Peter, is the local representation of the Sauk–Tippecanoe megasequence (see references below for more details). The stops on this trip show a range of depositional environments including subaerial silcretes, eolian and shallow marine sandstones, oolitic shoals, siliciclastics and fossil-rich carbonates deposited by storm activity, offshore and tidal-zone microbialites, and quiet water offshore mudstones. For most stops, we include photographs of cores from nearby and/or relevant wells. We include these cores because they are a useful source of geological information in glaciated parts of Wisconsin since bedrock exposure in these areas is typically limited. Cores are also valuable in the Driftless Area, where bedrock outcrops have undergone weathering for millions of years, often resulting in case hardening (mineral precipitation on the outcrop surface that masks the true mineralogy and sedimentary structures). In contrast to outcrops, cores provide useful unweathered sample material and typically include formation contacts which are necessary for mapping. Readers are referred to the following resources (and references therein) for more detailed information on the Cambrian–Ordovician succession of the Upper Mississippi River Valley: McLaughlin, P.I., Emerson, N., Witzke, B., Sell, B., and Emsbo, P., 2011, Distal signatures of Late Ordovician oceanic anoxia—New data from a classic epeiric ramp transect, in Miller, J.D., Hudak, G.J., Wittkop, C., and McLaughlin, P.I., eds., Archean to Anthropocene: Field guides to the geology of the mid-continent of North America: Geological Society of America Field Guide 24, p. 259–284, doi:10.1130/2011.0024. Runkel, A.C., Miller, J.F., McKay, R.M., Palmer, A.R., and Taylor, J.F., 2007, High-resolution sequence stratigraphy of lower Paleozoic sheet sandstones in central North America: The role of special conditions of cratonic interiors in development of stratal architecture: Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 119, no. 7–8, p. 860–881. Runkel, A.C., McKay, R.M., Cowan, C.A., Miller, J.F., and Taylor, J.F., 2012, The Sauk megasequence in the cratonic interior of North America: Interplay between a fully developed inner detrital belt and the central great American carbonate bank, in Derby, J.R., Fritz, R.D., Longacre, S.A., Morgan, W.A., and Sternbach, C.A., eds., The great American carbonate bank: The geology and economic resources of the Cambrian–Ordovician Sauk megasequence of Laurentia: AAPG Memoir 98, p. 1001–1011. WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY | OPEN-FILE REPORT 2018-02 3 FIELD TRIP: CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN Figure 1: Wisconsin State Highway Map showing the location of Stops 1-6 (red rectangles) and some of the cores discussed in this guidebook (blue ovals). Adapted from Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2017). WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY | OPEN-FILE REPORT 2018-02 4 FIELD TRIP: CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN Figure 2: Generalized stratigraphic column for Wisconsin bedrock geology. Stratigraphic successions observed at each stop are shown on left. Adapted from WGNHS (2011). WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY | OPEN-FILE REPORT 2018-02 5 FIELD TRIP: CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN Figure 3: A) Paleogeographic setting for the Cambrian and Ordovician of North America. T, H, and W represent the Transcontinental Arch, Hollandale Embayment, and Wisconsin Arch, respectively. Adapted from Blakey, 2014. © Ron Blakey, Colorado Plateau Geosystems Inc., [email protected], www.cpgeosystems.com ROAD LOG Depart from Monona Terrace Convention Center -Turn left onto John Nolen Drive. -Follow John Nolen Drive to US-12/18 W & US-151 S. -Exit at US-151 S. Follow US-151 S to McKee Rd, turn right on McKee and then left on Nesbitt. -Turn right on Limestone Lane. STOP 1: Outcrop just northwest of intersection of Nesbitt Road and Limestone Lane, Fitchburg, Wis. At this outcrop, the contact between the Ordovician St. Peter Formation and overlying Platteville Formation is well-exposed. -Continue on Limestone Lane to Fitchrona Rd, turn right on Fitchrona and then right on McKee Rd. -Take US-151 S toward Dubuque, Iowa. The majority of this highway runs along Military Ridge (Platteville-Galena cuesta) that is the drainage divide between the Wisconsin River watershed to the north and the Pecatonica and Rock River watersheds to the south. -Around Exit 75 you will cross into the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, a region where valleys were cut by streams over the last several million years, instead of by ice during the last 20,000 years, as in the rest of the state. -Exits 69 and 65 are for Mount Horeb, Wis. The WGNHS has a Research Collections and Education Center in Mount Horeb where the majority of bedrock and glacial core holdings are stored and studied. Tours and research visits are available by appointment. -Around mile marker 63 you can see the western Blue Mound, which is capped by highly silicified Silurian- age rocks. Caves in this area are in the Galena Formation. This is the northeastern edge of the lead-zinc mining district. -Around mile marker 58 you will see large road cuts in the Galena Formation exhibiting variable degrees of dolomitization and oxidation. WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY | OPEN-FILE REPORT 2018-02 6 FIELD TRIP:
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